Truro has fewer residents now than it did in 1840, when Pamet Harbor was a whaling and shipbuilding port, which is possibly one of the best reasons to go there. Beyond a post office, a seasonal gourmet food market and a single blinking light, there is hardly a town to Truro, Massachusetts. And beyond beautiful homes built into the hills and a narrow strip of tiny cottages and motels, there is little real commercial development here – it is more a sleepy and rural world of moors, hills, valleys and rivers with homes hidden amongst the trees. Back roads wind through fascinating scenery dominated by long rolling hills called “hogsbacks.”
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Walking Trails:
Game Farm Property / Scorton Creek: Route 6A, East Sandwich
Murkwood Conservation Area: 459R Rte 6a, East Sandwich
Talbots point: 99 Talbots Point Rd, East Sandwich
Ryder Conservation Land at Wakeby Pond: South Sandwich Rd, Sandwich
Bike Path:
Cape Cod Canal
Beaches (saltwater):
Town Neck Beach: off Town Neck Road and Boardwalk Road ($ — No lifeguard)
Sandy Neck Beach: off Rte. 6A on the Barnstable/Sandwich town line ($ — Lifeguard)
East Sandwich Beach: North Shore Blvd. (Private / Town Resident select location)
First Beach: 93 Town Neck Rd ($ — No lifeguard)
Beaches (freshwater):
Snake Pond Beach: Route 130 to Snake Pond Road (Residents only for 2021 season)
Wakeby Lake/Ryder Conservation: Cotuit Road to South Sandwich Road (Residents only for 2021 season)
Peters Pond Property/Oakcrest Cove: 34 Quaker Meetinghouse Road (Residents only for 2021 season)
DESTINATION TRURO » SHOP LOCAL
Wish Gift Co.
4 Merchants Road, Sandwich
(888) 978-9474
wishgiftco.com
Wish Gift Co. offers a carefully curated collection of gifts created by independent makers—carrying products from local, USA and Fair Trade small businesses. Almost everything is handmade and is natural, eco-conscious, organic and free of harsh chemicals.
Superior Lobster
774-338-5721
8 Gallo Road, Sandwich
superiorlobster.com
Local Wholesale Seafood Market.
Superior Lobster’s owners have been in the fresh seafood and live lobster business for decades. We work with a great network of fishermen to be able to offer the freshest in seafood and lobster. Family and locally owned business.
Hometown Juice & Co.
Canterbury Plaza
331 Cotuit Road, Unit 27, Sandwich
hometownjuicebar.com
Hometown Juice & Co prides itself on using whole food ingredients 100% of the time providing feel good drinks, bowls and snacks that you don’t have to feel guilty about eating! Hometown Juice & Co offers Juice 🍋 Smoothies 🍓Snacks 📦Local Goods